Improvements to contaminated land guidance - outcome of the 'way forward' exercise on soil guideline values
Publication Year
2008
Document Status
Archived
Abstract
Announces improvements to the technical guidance that helps assessors decide when land qualifies as contaminated land under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It gives details of the package of improvements, and explains how it relates to DEFRA’s 'Way Forward' exercise.
Document History
To be read with Contaminated Land Advice Note 6/06: Assessing risks from land contamination - a proportionate approach: Soil guideline values: the way forward (DEFRA, 2006) and Guidance on the legal definition of contaminated land (DEFRA, 2008). This document has been archived by its original publisher.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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